Azure Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Azure Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Microsoft Azure Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 338 377
Rank change year-on-year -51 +39 +98
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Consultant 9 10 29
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.050% 0.070% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.076% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 20
10th Percentile £441 - £517
25th Percentile £494 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.98% +2.38%
75th Percentile £588 £700 £600
90th Percentile £600 £725 £638
UK median daily rate £532 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -7.48% +9.52% -0.94%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,428 13,110 18,223
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.40% 92.35% 93.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,123 7,751 11,803
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,640 737 1,313
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.30 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.16% -30.00% +73.08%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.14 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.46% -26.97% +36.92%

Azure Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Azure Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Azure Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Azure Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Consultant in the UK excluding London

Azure Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Azure Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Azure Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Azure Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands -41 4 £456 -34.82%
East Midlands -22 3 £413 -41.07%
Yorkshire -44 2 £550 -21.43%
North of England -48 2 £550 -21.43%
Channel Islands - 2 £600 -
West Midlands -42 1 £500 -
South West - 1 - -
Azure Consultant
UK

Azure Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, Azure Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Azure Consultant in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
3 4 (44.44%) Entra ID
4 3 (33.33%) ADO
4 3 (33.33%) DevOps
5 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
5 2 (22.22%) AI
5 2 (22.22%) Azure AI
5 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (22.22%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (22.22%) Firewall
5 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (22.22%) Migration
5 2 (22.22%) NCSC
5 2 (22.22%) OpenAI
5 2 (22.22%) RBAC
5 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 2 (22.22%) Terraform
6 1 (11.11%) Agile
6 1 (11.11%) Analytics
6 1 (11.11%) Azure Blueprints
6 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
6 1 (11.11%) Azure ExpressRoute

Azure Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) Entra ID
3 2 (22.22%) Azure AI
3 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (11.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Electronics
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) ADO
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (22.22%) AI
2 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) RBAC
2 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
3 1 (11.11%) Scrum
3 1 (11.11%) SIEM
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Bash
1 1 (11.11%) Bicep
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (22.22%) NCSC
2 1 (11.11%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) OpenAI
2 1 (11.11%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow